class Dictionary

Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

Instantiates dictionary with words from the words.txt file. This gem has been built specifically for this word list, so the file name is hard coded.

# File lib/spell_check/dictionary.rb, line 6
def initialize
  @words_set = Set.new
  words_file = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/words.txt')
  File.readlines(words_file).each do |line|
    @words_set.add(line.to_s.strip)
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

find_reg_ex_matches( reg_ex ) click to toggle source

Scans the word set (down cased) for any values that match the regular expression parameter @param [RegExp] reg_ex @return [Set]

# File lib/spell_check/dictionary.rb, line 34
def find_reg_ex_matches( reg_ex )
  match_set = Set.new
  @words_set.to_a.each do |word|
    match_set.add word if word.downcase.match(reg_ex)
  end
  return match_set
end

find_word( word ) click to toggle source

Checks if this dictionary contains the word, either in lowercase or capitalized (first character) form. Returns the matched word, or nil if no match was found. @param [String] word @return [String]

# File lib/spell_check/dictionary.rb, line 18
def find_word( word )
  word_str = word.to_s
  found_word = nil
  if @words_set.include? word_str
    found_word = word_str
  elsif @words_set.include? word_str.capitalize
    found_word = word_str.capitalize
  elsif @words_set.include? word_str.downcase
    found_word = word_str.downcase
  end
  return found_word
end